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Another British GP gone, and another British GP win for Lewis Hamilton, in an incredibly dominant fashion.

After a quite fantastic F1 Live event in London, the British GP is back, though by the sounds of it not for very long.

We approach the half-way point in a thrilling new era of Formula 1. New cars, new faces at the top and new championship battles. Much of the story of the season to date has been about the titanic duel between Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. In Austria, Hamilton’s team-mate Valtteri Bottas (who amazingly is yet to be signed …

While the Austrian GP yesterday wasn’t the best race around (particularly after the completely bonkers Azerbaijan GP two weeks prior) it was a good race and went right down to the final lap.

It’s all kicked off in Formula 1 rather early this year, hasn’t it? The F1 2017 Silly Season has not had any movers yet, but some massively talented drivers and some huge outfits will be making serious considerations regarding what next year will look like. As it stands, the only team with its line-up set is Red Bull. That leaves factory seats open at Renault, Ferrari and Mercedes, as well potentially at McLaren (with whatever power unit they are running). Just what questions are we asking as we near the halfway point of this exciting F1 season?